Garment-supporter.



A. FRANKENSTEIN.

GARMENT SUPPORTER- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, i917.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

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F to its supplemental supporting strap B V and'at the same time securing the button and against the back of the supplemental supporting loop.

These two. ends are secured in placev by meansof a metallic clasp G which comprises a front'portion 9, two side portions'g and two rear end portions g arranged to be bent down into contact with the folded fabrics. If desired, these end portions g may be provided with teeth which enter the fabric.

After the ends have been fastened by the clasp G, the button tabis folded down over the end portions 9 so thatthe latter cannot come into contact with the body of the wearer;

The connection-between the supplemental supporting straps andthe main supporting straps, in the best embodiment'of the'inven tion, is made as follows: 1

The supplemental supporting straps are formed by one piece of webbing which is folded at the desired place this fold passing over a bar it of a buckle H, which has a hinged member it provided with teeth.

The main supporting strap is extended downward'through the usual buckle opening and is arranged to be clampedat any desired-point by the hinged member 71/. The; lower end of the main supporting strap is turned backward and upward and brought to'a position in which it lies against the fold of the supplemental supporting web, over the bar it of the buckle. A metallic clip, I, advantageously U-shaped as shown,

straddles the fold of the supplemental supporting strapthat is to say, rides on the cloth over the bar of the buckleand is pressed down tightly so as to hold the fabrics or webs tightly to the bar of the buckle. In this way the supplemental supporting straps are held fromslidi'ng over the buckle-bar and also the lower end of the main supporting strap is held to the buckle. f The upper end of the main supporting strap may be provided with any suitable means for attaching it to one of the garments of the wearer, as, for'example, by securing said upper end to a safety pin device such' as indicated at K.

The clip I which straddles the buckle-bar is pressed so closely into the fabric which it secures, that its back portion will be buried in thefabricand as thisback portion is very small this can readily be done, thus preventing such portion from coming into contact with the bodyof the wearer.

This clip also serves as a good abutment against which the web of the main supporting strap maybe compressed by the hinged member of the buckle so that in this way it assists in holding the said main supporting strap against accidental shifting in the buckle. However, when the hinged member is lifted to release the main supporting strap, thelatter may readily be adjusted to the desired position and then clamped at the desired point by hinged member.

What is claimed is: j 1 In a garment supporter, the tion, with a button loop having an opening to receive a web, of a button tab and an elastic web, said tab and web-having their ends inserted through thewebopening in the button loop and folded'back' against 'the standing portionof theweb,"and a clamp turning down the combina- 1 clamping said endsQand'the standingpartof the web together abovethe button loop, the button tab being folded back over-the said two ends to cover the back of the clamp.

2. In a'garment supporter, the combina tion, with a button loop having a means for holding a supporting strap, said means comprising a loop engaging bar, of a supporting strap of elastic webbing and a button tab, said strap and tab having their endslaid together and folded backto form a'loop through which the 1 loop-engaging bar passes," and a metallic clip having its front extending across the front of the elastic web above said loop engaging bar, and its ends bent-around the folded end portions of the button tab and elastic web to holdsaid ends, the button'tab being folded down over the bent end portions of the said clip.

3. In a garment supporter,"the combination, with a buckle device having aweb-engaging bar,-of an elastic web having an intermediate portion passing aroundsaid bar, and a metallic clip arranged to clamp to-'.

gether the portions of elastic web at each side of said bar.

4. In a garment supporter, the combination, with'a buckle device having a web-engaging bar, of an auxiliary, web having an intermediate portion passing around said bar, a main supporting strap having its end laid in contact with the auxiliary web adjacent the'bar, and a clip clamping together the portions of auxiliary web at each side of said bar and holding the end of said main supporting strap. a

5. In a garment supporter, the combination, with a buckle device having a web-engaging 'bar, of an auxiliary web having an intermediate portion passing around said bar, a main supporting strap having its end laid in contact with the auxiliary web adjation, with a buckle device having a Web-engaging bar, of an auxiliary Web having an intermedlate portion passing around said bar, a mam supporting strap having its end laid in contact with the auxiliary Web adja cent the bar, and a clip straddling the bar and clamping together the portions of auxiliaryweb ateach side of said bar and holding the end of said main supporting strap.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. 1

ART. FRANKENSTEIN.

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